News from January 2015
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: TYLER, Texas - A 37-year-old Palestine, Texas man has been charged with federal income tax violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Orlando, FL - Senior United States District Judge John Antoon, II has sentenced Joe E. Clinton, Jr. (23, Orlando) to 17 years in federal prison for aiding and abetting the attempted robbery of a Walgreen’s store, the robbery of a CVS store, and using and carrying a firearm during those violent crimes. Clinton pleaded guilty on March 24, 2014.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a Bossier City woman pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, and Rep. Don Young today held a press conference to discuss their plans to work together to reverse the Obama administration’s decision to further block access to Alaska’s oil and natural gas resources in federal areas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: BISMARCK - U.S. Attorney Timothy Q. Purdon announced that on Jan. 26, 2015, Sean Michael Nichols, 38, of Bismarck, N.D., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel L. Hovland on a charge of bank robbery. Nichols pleaded guilty to the charge on Sept. 23, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: SAVANNAH - Feeling a bit deflated after the big game? Get outside and visit Fort Pulaski! As part of the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday, Fort Pulaski National Monument will be fee free all day Sunday, February 8, 2015. Over 40 cultural institutions, historic sites, house museums, art...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Jackson, Miss - Octavious Burkes-Palmer, 37, of Raleigh, Mississippi, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III to 51 months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Davis announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Justin M. Kent, 32, of Richmond, Virginia, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R. Brown, announces that Sulayman Basim Akbar was sentenced for failing to register as a sex offender in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2250A. Judge Charles R. Butler sentenced Akbar to time served imprisonment and five years supervised release. The defendant also has to pay a $100 Special Assessment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Three Florida lobster divers pled guilty for illegal harvesting activities. Additionally, a Florida corporation pled guilty for their illegal activity related to the illegal harvesting activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA - Jackie Byrd, 25, and Marisol Rodriguez, 34, both of Wheeling, were sentenced today for cocaine trafficking, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: PHOENIX - On Jan. 23, 2015, Margaret Nicole Hall, 40, of Phoenix, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 12 months and one day of imprisonment. Hall was also ordered to pay $92,937 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service. On Oct. 20, 2014, Hall pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing or impeding the administration of internal revenue laws and one count of aiding or assisting preparation or presentment of a fraudulent or false return.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Emilio Perez-Solis, 39, of Oakland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit criminal copyright infringement and traffic in counterfeit labels, documentation and packaging, United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Follow @USAO_CT. Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that a jury in Hartford has found EDWARD THOMAS, also known as “Fire," 40, of New York...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - United States Attorney Booth Goodwin announced today that Eric Lawrence Silverstein, 39, of Huntington, West Virginia, pleaded guilty to distribution of oxymorphone.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - KTM Industries, Inc. (“KTM"), a Lansing-based company that develops and manufactures biodegradable engineered foam, has agreed to pay $170,923.65 to the federal government to resolve allegations that it fraudulently obtained funding under a National Science Foundation (“NSF")...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Alicia Radel, 31, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was convicted in federal court today for selling heroin near a local playground, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: (NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Michael J. Ferguson, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that on Friday, Jan. 23, Scott Myrie, also known as “Venom," 27, of Bedford Hills, N.Y., ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: DENVER - Following a three-day trial, a jury late last week found Theron Maxton, age 59, an incarcerated inmate, guilty of four counts of influencing a federal officer by threats to the officer and/or the officer’s family member, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced. The jury deliberated...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2015
News Release: Spy Ring Attempted To Collect Economic Intelligence And Recruit New York City Residents As Intelligence Sources.
